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Students visit Shrimp farms to identify opportunities in the shrimp farming sector

25-Jan-2021
Students visit Shrimp farms to identify opportunities in the shrimp farming sector

As a part of the Social Innovation Program, Mr. Gautham Nayak, Program Head, Centre for Social Innovation; Mr. Thilak V S and Ms. Abhinaya, Final year students of Mechanical Engineering Dept. & Information Science Engineering Dept. and Ms. Ashwija, third year Information Science Engineering Dept. had visited shrimp farm in Koni, Kundapura on 23rd Jan, 2021.
The objective of the visit was to identify opportunities in shrimp farms and to identify the need for shrimp monitoring systems in shrimp farms and other problems faced by aquaculture farmers.
The team interacted with Mr. Shridhar Hegde, a shrimp farmer and also spoke to the Head of Shrimp farm association, Kundapur regarding the social Innovation program and the objective of the visit. He facilitated the team across the shrimp farms, explained the whole process of shrimp cultivation and the problems faced by the shrimp farmers. According to him, the implementation of technology that can decrease the production cost will help in addressing the needs of shrimp farmers. He gave insights on different stakeholders who play important roles in the process of shrimp farming like seed and feed providers, technicians, and so on. The team collected enough data related to the problems they face and valuable insights in order to improve the efficiency of shrimp culture.

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